Why it works: Grape and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 23% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 7,490 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓
Green Grape Jelly
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the juice
Stem the grapes and cook them in just enough water to prevent burning.
Mash the grapes with a silver spoon and strain the mixture.
For every pint of juice, add 3/4 pound of sugar.
Make the jelly
Heat the sugar until very hot.
Pour the juice over the sugar, stirring well.
Fill glasses with the mixture.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
Explore the science
The flavor team
The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.
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Grape + sugartop 23% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together7,490 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
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What each ingredient does
- Green grapes
- Provide the fruit pectin and acidity that give the jelly its flavour and setting ability.
- Sugar
- Adds sweetness and helps the juice thicken and set into a jelly.
The step that matters
Pour the juice over the sugar, stirring well. Stirring the hot sugar and juice together helps the sugar dissolve evenly, so the jelly sets uniformly rather than in grainy or uneven pockets.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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